Re: Programming Backwards (was Re: Top posting (a different point of view))

2005-06-12 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 23:25 -0400, Hubert Chan wrote: --snip-- I program randomly. Err. That's random as opposed to sequentially; not as in I bang random keys on my keyboard and hope for the best. ;-) /me envisions an infinite number of monkeys at an infinite number of typewriters sitting in

Re: Programming Backwards (was Re: Top posting (a different point of view))

2005-06-12 Thread David Jardine
On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 11:26:47AM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: /me envisions an infinite number of monkeys at an infinite number of typewriters sitting in a building in Redmond with an M$ logo on the front... :) Well, infinite is probably a little on the high side, but... -- David

Re: Programming Backwards (was Re: Top posting (a different point of view))

2005-06-11 Thread Ben
On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 22:51:51 -0400, you wrote: %On 6/10/05, John Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: % % Would you write programs backwards? I would hate to write a backwards % compiler to compile your backwards programs. % %Doesn't everyone write their programs backwards? Don't you _start_ at the

Re: Programming Backwards (was Re: Top posting (a different point of view))

2005-06-11 Thread Joe Potter
Ben wrote: Well, I find that most C programs nowadays are written backwards : main() on top and functions below. Having learned C from KR, that's backwards for me. But the point is : I put up with it. No whining and no expectations that everyone will want to follow my preferences.

Re: Programming Backwards (was Re: Top posting (a different point of view))

2005-06-11 Thread John Kelly
On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 22:51:51 -0400, Patrick Wiseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would hate to write a backwards compiler to compile your backwards programs. I think I do actually write my programs backwards .. from how it will look to the enduser. That's top down development vs. bottom up

Re: Programming Backwards (was Re: Top posting (a different point of view))

2005-06-11 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 18:51:18 -0400 John Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I do actually write my programs backwards .. from how it will look to the enduser. That's top down development vs. bottom up development. Using top down development, you never have any working code. Using

Programming Backwards (was Re: Top posting (a different point of view))

2005-06-10 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On 6/10/05, John Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would you write programs backwards? I would hate to write a backwards compiler to compile your backwards programs. Doesn't everyone write their programs backwards? Don't you _start_ at the end? I guess it depends on what you mean by backwards,

Re: Programming Backwards (was Re: Top posting (a different point of view))

2005-06-10 Thread Hubert Chan
On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 22:51:51 -0400, Patrick Wiseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On 6/10/05, John Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would you write programs backwards? I would hate to write a backwards compiler to compile your backwards programs. Doesn't everyone write their programs backwards?